A mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only time I was ever approached to write a book was when I was most famous. — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
The Way of the Sufis cannot be understood by means of the intellect or by ordinary book learning. — Idries Shah Copy Share Image
The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book — Holly Lisle Copy Share Image
It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image. — Rachel Kushner Copy Share Image
There comes a point in your life when you need to stop reading other people's books and write your own. — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Time travel may be achieved one day, or it may not. But if it is, it should not require any fundamental change… — David Deutsch Copy Share Image
“If you still don't like a book after slogging through the first 50 pages, set it aside. If you're more than 50… — Nancy Pearl Copy Share Image
More than four thousand programs produced and consumed. Some of them were pretty good, a great many of them were forgettable; but… — Ted Koppel Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be famous and the only part I like is that it means people are reading my books and… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
Every time I finish a book, I say to an imaginary god that I do not believe in, 'Please let me live… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
“A good book slowly grabs you by the soul without your knowledge. By the time you’re in tears and laughing at the… — Tom Williams Copy Share Image
“No, but I do read a lot. I love to read. I could read for days and never stop. I use to… — Jennifer Loren Copy Share Image
Harry Potter achieved a very special act of actual magic: it made it completely acceptable for an adult to carry around, read… — Maureen Johnson Copy Share Image
Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
As the field of coaching finds its way to becoming a mature discipline, James Flaherty's dedicated field research, study, and sound articulation… — Richard Strozzi-Heckler Copy Share Image
When you read a book, and it's really, really beautiful, you're so engaged you forget to breathe. If you're in a car… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
No men deserve the title of infidels so little as those to whom it has been usually applied; let any of those… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
It's the originality of Pauls Toutonghi's voice and vision that makes this such a remarkable novel. Toutonghi is a true daredevil of… — Skip Horack Copy Share Image
...for reading, once begun, quickly becomes home and circle and court and family, and indeed, without narrative, I felt exiled from my… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Dollars damn me; and the malicious Devil is forever grinning in upon me, holding the door ajar. ... What I feel most… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I think this book, Matthew Desmond's "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City.", if you have a friend who is a… — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
